The World's Most Visited Newspaper Website Continues to Regurgitate Nonsense from Climate Change 'Sceptics'http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/bob-ward/the-worlds-most-visited-n_b_1667338.htmlBob Ward, Huffington Post, 11 July 2012The website of the Daily Mail, one of the UK's most popular daily newspapers, has proved once again that some parts of the Press are apparently oblivious to the scrutiny they are receiving from the Leveson Inquiry into their culture and practices following the phone hacking scandal.

Sea Level Rise: It Could Be Worse than We Thinkhttp://www.climatecentral.org/news/sea-level-rise-it-could-be-worse-than-we-think
Michael D. Lemonick, Climate Central, July 12, 2012A new analysis released Thursday in the journal Science implies that the seas could rise dramatically higher over the next few centuries than scientists previously thought — somewhere between 18-to-29 feet above current levels, rather than the 13-to-20 feet they were talking about just a few years ago

ENERGY AND INNOVATION

How big utilities propose to kill solar PVhttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/how-big-utilities-propose-to-kill-solar-pv-81496Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, 9 July 2012A couple of nasty figures have been produced in recent weeks that will give energy companies – retailers, generators and distributors – cause to reflect on how they will manage to satisfy their shareholders’ insatiable appetite for increased profits in coming years.

A history of solar – an essential timelinehttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/a-history-of-solar-an-essential-timeline-38898Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, 5 July 2012Solar power has undoubtedly come in leaps and bounds from nothing more than a laughable, sci-fi concept to a viable energy source. This terrific Timeline below shows some of the most momentous occasions in the history of solar power, right back to the discovery of the photovoltaic effect in 1839.

Collapse in coal demand claims a US Patriothttp://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/11/collapse-in-coal-demand-claims-a-us-patriot/Glenn Dyer, Crikey, 11 July 2012America’s natural gas boom has claimed its biggest victim so far with Patriot Coal — one of the country’s biggest miners of thermal and coking coal — collapsing with assets of $US3.5 billion. St. Louis-based Patriot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation on Monday, US time. The collapse shows the pressures building in the huge US coal industry from changes being wrought by the shale gas boom.

How a community solar scheme is turning sunshine into dollarshttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/how-a-community-solar-scheme-is-turning-sunshine-into-dollars-53342Kelly Vaughn, Rocky Mountain Institute, 11 July 2012Years ago, a Basalt native Paul Spencer set out to build an off-grid home not far from RMI’s Snowmass office. Through the process of designing and building his house, he developed a passion for real estate, and became well versed in renewable energy technologies. He began looking into the option of a green development in the Roaring Fork Valley: super-efficient homes powered by renewable energy.

The World Bank's Chance to Clean Up Its Coal Acthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brune/the-world-banks-chance-to_b_1651963.htmlMichael Brune and Andrew S Kanter, Huffington Post, 5 July 2012Coal kills. Don't take it from us; that's what International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told a Washington, D.C., audience recently, noting that coal pollution is responsible for 70,000 premature deaths each year in India alone. Shockingly, that is only the tip of the iceberg.

L.A. braces for hellish heat waves while world leaders diddlehttp://grist.org/cities/l-a-braces-for-hellish-heat-waves-while-world-leaders-diddle/Greg Hanscom, Grist, 12 July 2012Two summers ago, the National Weather Service’s thermometer in downtown Los Angeles cracked 113 degrees F for the first time ever. Then it broke, leaving weather geeks to wonder if the city’s record high was actually even hotter than their tools were able to handle

Promoting pro-environmental action in climate change deniershttp://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1532.htmlPaul G. Bain et al, Nature Climate Change, 04 July 2012A sizeable (and growing) proportion of the public in Western democracies deny the existence of anthropogenic climate change1, 2. It is commonly assumed that convincing deniers that climate change is real is necessary for them to act pro-environmentallyRESEARCH PAPEREhttp://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nclimate1532.pdf

Vote ‪Climate‬ website and analysis for Melbourne by-election on 21 July.http://www.stateelection.net.auOur climate is getting hotter and more extreme. Victoria needs clean, renewable energy to replace our dirty coal-fired power stations such as Hazelwood. But Ted Baillieu’s government is doing the opposite, trashing solar and wind programmes and supporting new coal power stations and exports.

Donna Laframboise and The Delinquent Think Tankhttp://www.readfearn.com/2012/07/laframboisDeSmogBlog.Canadian blogger and climate science sceptic Donna Laframboise has flown off for a tour of Australia to tell anyone willing to listen that the world’s foremost body on climate change, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is something resembling a shambling mess

Two key reports highlight man’s influence on climatehttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/two-key-reports-highlight-mans-influence-on-climate-28341Andrew Freedman, Renew Economy, 11 July 2012The influence of manmade global warming on the climate system continues to grow, with human fingerprints identified in more than two dozen climate “indicators” examined by an international research team — from air temperatures to ocean acidity — for a comprehensive annual “State of the Climate” report released Tuesday.

Scientists warn reefs at danger due to global warminghttp://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3542103.htmABC PM, 9 July 2012A new report has found that more than 85 per cent of coral reefs in the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and East Timor are threatened by local human activities.

2012 Heat Wave is Historic, if not Unprecedentedhttp://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/was-the-heat-wave-an-unprecedented-event/Andrew Freedman, Climate Central, July 8th, 2012Now that the heat wave has finally subsided, we can begin to take stock of how unusual it really was. There is no question that it was extraordinary in its intensity and geographical scope for so early in the summer season. But was it unprecedented in American history?

Climate Change May Lead to Fewer but More Violent Thunderstormshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120710133009.htmScienceDaily, July 10, 2012Researchers are working to identify exactly how a changing climate will impact specific elements of weather, such as clouds, rainfall, and lightning. A Tel Aviv University researcher has predicted that for every one degree Celsius of warming, there will be approximately a 10 percent increase in lightning activity.